Power Quotes

Who has it, who wants it, and what happens when it's wielded wisely or poorly.

25234 quotes

M
"He was very little more than a voice."
Marlow
O
"Do you see, Winston, that it is all perfectly in order?"
O'Brien
O
"The Party controls all records, and we control all memories."
O'Brien
O
"Do you understand that you will have to give me everything? Everything!"
O'Brien
J
"What's the use of my hunting if I don't kill?"
Jack Merridew
J
"We'll have to do without the conch."
Jack Merridew
T
"My father is not a man to be trifled with as you have trifled with me"
The Creature
T
"You are my creator, but I am your master"
The Creature
T
"If I cannot inspire love, I will cause fear"
The Creature
M
"Principles won't do. Acquisitions, clothes, pretty rags—that's what he wanted."
Marlow
K
"I heard on all sides nothing but expressions of unbounded admiration and a desire to touch the hem of my robe."
Kurtz
M
"He wanted no more than just power."
Marlow
M
"He had taken a high seat amongst the devils of the land."
Marlow
M
"His ascendancy was extraordinary."
Marlow
K
"An appeal to love, an appeal to fear—of course."
Kurtz
C
"I've got to do something about Yossarian."
Colonel Cathcart
V
"The strength of the vampire is that people will not believe in him."
Van Helsing
V
"The strength of the vampire is that people will not believe in him."
Van Helsing
M
"I've seen the devil of violence, and the devil of greed."
Marlow
K
"Exterminate all the brutes!"
Kurtz
M
"Everything belonged to him."
Marlow
M
"Kurtz wanted an audience, wanted worshippers."
Marlow
M
"Kurtz had kicked the very earth to pieces."
Marlow
N
"Jones is gone; I am in control now."
Napoleon
P
"Conch! Conch! We'll have the conch and I'll blow it and they'll come running."
Piggy
J
"Who gives a damn about the conch now?"
Jack Merridew
J
"We are the eaters of meat now."
Jack Merridew
R
"I could blow the conch again and summon them all."
Ralph
T
"Beware; for I am fearless, and therefore powerful."
The Creature
C
"The blood is the life"
Count Dracula